I went to Four Mile Run from 10:00 to 12:30 today. There was a cold breeze blowing across the water!
I was using a bead head shit nymph on a size 8 hook (recipe another member posted). I had a strike indicator about 6 feet up the leader from the fly.
My first notion was to dead drift the nymph and watch the strike indicator. That yielded nothing.
The second thing I tried was slowly working the nymph and watching the strike indicator. I managed to hook 6 bluegill by doing this.
There was a lot of activity from larger fish in the area. I believe that these are carp of some sort. They were breaking the water and rolling. I was really trying to catch one of these as I have never hooked a carp. No such luck.
Most of the rolling fish appeared to be at a 45 degree angle from where I entered the water (the Route 1 bridge area near the Toyota dealership. I was casting towards the power poles that are in the water (towards the activity). The water was flowing and decently clear.
Am I doing the right things or is there another technique I need to use?
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